When I was at high school, a friend used to close her eyes each time she took a bite of her sandwich. She seems to be enjoying her food a lot more than the rest of us, that just shoved it down mindlessly. Little did I know that this was my first memory of someone 'mindfully eating'. We've all done it, I'm not perfect either, stuffing the food down while we are checking Insta or driving, then we wonder where all the food's gone and how come we've eaten so much, then we're surp

For when you know you're way too peeved but can't seem to turn it off. How good is the movie 'Inside Out'? There’s the above character in it, Anger, whose head literally explodes every time he gets too worked up. It’s a great visual, and it definitely doesn’t seem overly dramatic — we’ve all been there. Cut off while you’re driving, kids have asked you the same bloody question a gazillion times, talked down to by your boss who is 12 years younger than you… you can probably fe

If there’s one thing that can keep you on the roundabout of life, is lack of clarity. You know you want to be less stressed and happier, but you don’t know how to change things. You know you want to quit your soul-sucking day job in favour of the freedom of self-employment, but you aren’t clear on the steps to take. You want to take a holiday, but you aren’t sure where to go—or how to make it happen. You want to grow your business but aren’t even sure what that means. The tru

You don’t know it yet, but in a few short minutes, you will begin to feel happier. You probably know already, but the ‘happy hormones’, the most popular ones being endorphins, dopamine and serotonin, are released when your mind tells them to. So how do we release these delicious hormones? Well, there’s one very simple way – laugh. What makes you laugh? I love watching babies giggle, that gets me every time. I have Youtube clips saved for ‘emergency happy time’ if things are g

It’s a common fact that we get stressed at work, and because we spend most of our lives there, let’s try to make it more of a pleasant place. Here is one technique from the Stress Less at your desk Card pack that will help you manage your stress. In a moment, I’m going to explain how to do this very easy self-hand massage, but let me tell you first why it’s a good thing to do: • Just like your shoulders and back, the muscles in your hands need relaxing too; we use them mor

The GO GO GO mentality of workplaces are often detrimental to the workers mental health. This leads to burn out, depression, stress leave and increased absenteeism due to illness Many leading corportions, such as Google, are recognizing that they need to take care of their workers health in order to thrive in this ever-changing world. Mindfulness and meditation rooms are popping up, CEO’s are being encouraged to take mindful vacations and meditation teachers are being brought